History YMMV / NinE

* CompleteMonster: [[PredecessorVillain The Chancellor]] is the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName manipulative dictator]] who runs the State. As revealed in flashbacks from the film and supplementary materials, the Chancellor was the catalyst behind the Great World War that left countless dead and every country except his own on the verge of bankruptcy and starvation. Taking advantage of this, the Chancellor manipulates the Scientist into constructing the B.R.A.I.N. under threat, after which the Chancellor reformats the B.R.A.I.N. into a "Fabrication Machine" to produce weapons of war. Subjecting the Machine to great abuse and stress over the course of months, the Chancellor uses the weapons it makes to wage war on every country but his own and get thousands slaughtered. When the Fabrication Machine [[TheDogBitesBack goes rogue]], the Chancellor frames the whole ordeal on the Scientist and tries to save his own life by [[DirtyCoward abandoning the State]], showing himself for the despicably selfish monster he is.

* VindicatedByHistory: The movie gained mixed reception on its initial release, many reviewers calling it an [[SoOkayItsAverage interesting but rather flat and shallow film]]. Nowadays, it's remembered much more fondly for its surprisingly deep lore, the [[EvilIsCool intriguing villains]] and their [[CreepyAwesome terrifyingly awesome action sequences]], the surprisingly [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]], or sometimes [[TearJerker heartbreaking]], moments shared between the characters, the interesting worldbuilding, and the overall wonderful presentation of the film.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The magnet scene with 8.

* TearJerker: No, not [[spoiler: 5]]!

* AnimationAgeGhetto: Practically forced in against its will: despite [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids numerous trailers explicitly stating]] that this was '''NOT''' a children's film, [[WhatAnIdiot plenty of parents brought small children to see it]] and were upset to discover that the darkly-colored, PG-13 - rated post-apocalyptic sci-fi film was not, in fact, for kids. [[SarcasmMode Go figure]].

* RelationshipWritingFumble: It's amazing how many fans saw more chemistry between 9 and 5 than between 9 and 7. Then again, that's probably founded upon [[{{Subtext}} overthinking]], and it was never canonically established that 9 and 7 had romantic feelings for each other in the first place. The implications were based on one or two shots of them holding hands. And since they're really just little dolls, it's perfectly likely that their relationship was platonic and childlike.